[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
I am removing myself from following this bug, as I am no longer using the computer that I originally experienced it on, and have decided to change distros on that machine's replacement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/acpi/+bug/762918/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
FWIW: Sean Fenton's advice about disabling sync_to_vblank in gconf- editor seems to have done the trick: I just left my laptop on overnight with Transmission running (which was a recipe to activate the bug) and it came back no problem. The key location is: /apps/compiz-1/plugins/opengl/screen0/options/sync_to_vblank (since there are a couple of keys with the same name). I still fervently hope that this bug gets fixed soon, however. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
Happened to me again, also; I had the lid closed on the laptop and Transmission running full screen, and it was closed for perhaps 10-15 minutes. I was able to restart X with ctrl-alt-bkspace. This seems consistant with comments up thread that disabling sync_to_vblank only minimizes the occurance of the bug and is not a true work around. I am thinking that this could be triggered by Transmission running full- screen and the screen blanking that happens when you shut the lid. Of course, this didn't happen in 9.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
I think it may also have something to do with the screen locking: I had my laptop sitting, screensaver disabled via the screen saver control panel and in both the AC and battery profiles (the machine was running on AC power at the time), and I was running the Transmission bittorrent client. I opened the screen after about 5 minutes of it being closed (and it has been running continuously all day with me periodically opening the lid to check email and whatnot), and though it seemed to be responding, the mouse pointer and the whole screen seemed to flicker. That is, until I entered my password as if to unlock the screen, and then things went back to normal. In a previous posting I made above I did notice a behavior similar to this before when the screen flickered between the screen saver and the lock screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
Oh, and after all of my comments and troubleshooting, I never mentioned specifically what version of Natty I was running! 32bit Natty Narwhal 11.04, fresh install from a burned ISO downloaded on 4/28/11 (IE, the actual release verison ,not an RC or beta). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
I'm personally waiting until June before I consider going to another distro. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
Peter: I never run on batteries and the AC power profile is also set to 'never' but I will try that nevertheless. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
One other oddity: I just had my machine lock up despite having deactivated the screensaver. The lid on my laptop was closed for approx 2 hours, and I was running the Transmission bittorrent client minimized. The power setting to blank the screen may be to blame, since the gnome-screensaver process is still running and may be what is blanking the screen. It may in fact be related to having the Transmission client running, though I've had the machine running overnight in the same configuration and had no issue. Just one other small bit of info. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
Additional note: Switching to the Blank screensaver did not make a difference, though it seems to be correlated to having the lid of my laptop closed for approx 20 minutes, and it is more noticable if I have things running onscreen when it happens. Manually killing gnome-screensaver and compiz doesn't seem to make a difference; nothing short of a full reboot seems to bring it back to normal. Haven't tried it with just the blank Unity desktop. For now I've just disabled the screensaver until I get word that this is fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
More info: after several tries, with only the Unity desktop running and letting the machine sit for approx 20 minutes with the lid closed, the screen kept flickering between the unlock screen and the blank desktop. I ran a ps -eaf from a virtual termial and saw a line related to the lock screen, but did not write down the command for the process (will try to duplicate it again and capture that. It too my unlock password, and it stopped flickering and went to the blank desktop, and after killing gnome-screensaver and Compiz I had to reboot the machine (via init 6). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
OK, it is locked up as before, and I see some relevant lines: usernameProcessID Parent ID command me 1535 1 /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver --no-daemon me 1726 1535 /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver-dialog --status-message= --enable-switch me 1906 1535/usr/lib/xscreensaver/fiberlamp -root And when I do a ctrl-alt-F7, it won't redraw the screen, even after killing these processes. And now I'll go back to disabling the screensaver until this gets fixed; I'm not that good with X. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 762918] Re: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity
Put me on the list as well: Running a Compaq Presariu CQ60 (I thinks its the 211DX but I don't have it handy to verify): 2.16Ghz Intel Celeron 585 2gig RAM Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M Running the fiberlight screensaver graphic. I have it set to 'do nothing' if the lid is closed. I typically let it sit running the Transmission bit torrent client, and often if it sits for long periods with the lid closed, when I open it back up the screen is on the desktop with no screen saver running. I can move the mouse but it doesn't respond to the keyboard or any mouse clicks. I have to drop to a virtual terminal (typically ctrl-alt-F2) and do a straignt ctrl-alt-del to reboot (I tried killing the screensaver process but that didn't work; didn't try restarting X yet seperate from a reboot). This same set up ran 9.10 fine, BTW; the current set up was a fresh install of 11.04 (An upgrade install failed so I had to wipe and start from scratch). Just adding my little bit to the info; I will try the 'blank screen' workaround though in the meantime before just deciding to go with Mint XFCE ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/762918 Title: Natty Screensaver freezes system after some period of inactivity -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
